PORT ANGELES –– A spark from a controlled burn on the 6000 block of South Old Mill Road started a blaze on the roof of an unoccupied cabin Thursday, firefighters said.
Firefighters from Clallam County Fire District No. 2, Olympic National Park and the state Department of Natural Resources arrived at the fire shortly after 1 p.m. and had the fire out a couple of hours later, said Lt. Joe McFarland of Fire District No. 2.
Fire Chief Sam Phillips said it was a difficult fire to work on because it was on a slope.
McFarland said a man had a permit for the fire but a spark lit the two-story cabin’s roof on fire.
The fire burned about 100 square feet of the roof and slightly down into the walls, he said.
Firefighters responded to the scene thinking it was a wildland fire but found the cabin on fire when they arrived, he added.
Fire District No. 2 sent nine firefighters, one fire engine, a brush truck, two water tenders and an ambulance.
The park sent three firefighters and DNR sent one.
